Chapter 8 - America Secedes from the Empire
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Continental Congress
The ________ drafted a Model Treaty that dictated that Americans would only have a commercial trading connection with France.
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George Rogers Clark
Came up with the idea of capturing the British forts that were located in the Illinois country
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Richard Henry Lee
________ proposed, at the Second Continental Congress that the colonies declare their independence.
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Thomas Paine
Released a pamphlet called Common Sense in 1776
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Admiral de Grasse
________ joined the Americans in an assault of Cornwallis using the sea.
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John Paul Jones
Is known as the father of the navy
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American morale
Privateering diverts the enemys manpower from the main war effort, brings in needed gold, harassed the enemy, and was effective in raising ________ through the provision of victories when there werent many.
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1779
In ________, Spain and Holland allied against Britain.
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Thomas Jefferson
Was given the position of drafting the Declaration of Independence
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Privateering
When privately owned and crewed vessels are authorized by a government during war to attack and capture enemy vessels, men, cargo, and such
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Patriotic militias
________ were successful in winning the "hearts and minds "of the American colonists.
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Burgoyne
Was forced to surrender his command at Saratoga on October 17, 1777 to American General Gates
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General Benedict Arnold
________ turned out to be a traitor against American in 1780.
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General Washington
Him and his men were overpowered by the British troops at the Battle of Long Island in 1776
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George Washington
Was elected by the Second Continental Congress to lead the Continental Army
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General Nathaniel Greene
Was successful in clearing out the majority of the British troops that were in Georgia and South Carolina
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British
________ burned Falmouth in October of 1775.
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General Washington
Crossed the Delaware River in order to surprise and capture a thousand German Hessians hired by the British King in Trenton
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Thomas Paine
Called for the creation of a new political society